Editing Ron Paul (section)

== Post-congressional career ==
[[File:Ron Paul (52280027924).jpg|thumb|left|Paul speaking at a 2022 conference hosted by the [[Young Americans for Liberty]] student activism organization]]
In April 2013, Paul founded the [[Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity]], a [[foreign policy]] [[think tank]] that seeks to promote his non-interventionist views.<ref>{{cite news |first=Grace |last=Wyler |title=Ron Paul Is Launching His Own Foreign Policy Institute |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ron-paul-foreign-policy-institute-2013-4 |access-date=May 12, 2013 |newspaper=BusinessInsider.com |date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> The institute is part of his larger foundation [[Foundation for Rational Economics and Education]]. In the same month, he began to offer the ''Ron Paul Curriculum'', a homeschool online curriculum developed by [[Gary North (economist)|Gary North]] and taught from a "free market and Christian" perspective.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ron Paul launches libertarian-edged home school curriculum |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-paul-launches-libertarian-edged-home-school-curriculum/ |newspaper=Fox News |date=April 8, 2013}}</ref>

In June 2013, Paul criticized the [[PRISM (surveillance program)|NSA surveillance program]] and praised [[Edward Snowden]] for having performed a "great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret".<ref>{{cite news |first=Rachel |last=Weiner |title=Ron Paul praises Edward Snowden |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/10/ron-paul-praises-edward-snowden/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 10, 2013 |url-access=limited}}</ref> In April 2015, Paul began appearing in [[infomercial]]s for [[Stansberry & Associates Investment Research]], warning about an upcoming financial meltdown as a result of the imminent crash of the world's currencies.<ref name="apocalypse">{{cite news |last1=Moody |first1=Chris |title=Ron Paul's apocalypse is now |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/06/politics/rand-paul-ron-paul-election-2016/ |access-date=September 22, 2015 |publisher=CNN |date=June 11, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Financial Crisis">{{cite news |last1=Hook |first1=Janet |title=Ron Paul Ads Warn of Financial Crisis |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ron-paul-ads-warn-of-financial-crisis-1432245027 |access-date=September 22, 2015 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 21, 2015 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>  In March 2017, Paul predicted a market downturn again.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/29/ron-paul-the-euphoria-in-the-markets-has-passed.html |title=Ron Paul: The 'euphoria' in the markets has passed |first=Anna |last=Pei |publisher=CNBC |date=March 29, 2017}}</ref>

Paul was a critic of President Trump's plans to increase the number of military personnel in Afghanistan. In August 2017, he said that Americans don't see Afghanistan as a threat to their personal security and being aggressive in foreign policy only loses Trump some of his support base.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lai |first=Brian |date=September 26, 2017 |title=Terrorism and Foreign Policy |journal=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.491 |isbn=978-0-19-022863-7}}</ref> Paul has also called for Trump to bring American troops back from Syria in April 2018, on the grounds that the threat from [[ISIS]] has been eliminated.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/05/ron-paul-bring-troops-home-syria-now-editorials-debates/33584443/ |title=Ron Paul: Bring troops home from Syria now |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref> He continues to voice his disagreements regarding foreign policy, and more recently, regarding the events involving America and Iran.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ron-paul-blasts-trump-foreign-policy-is-in-shambles |title=Ron Paul blasts Trump: 'Foreign policy is in shambles' |date=January 3, 2020 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en |access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ocregister.com/dont-trust-trump-on-iran-ron-paul |title=Don't trust Trump on Iran: Ron Paul |date=January 6, 2020 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US |access-date=January 29, 2020}}</ref>

In 2013, Paul established the Ron Paul Channel, an Internet broadcast. Its slogan was "Turn Off Your TV. Turn On the Truth".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ronpaulchannel.com/ |title=Ron Paul Channel}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wing |first=Nick |date=July 9, 2013 |title='The Ron Paul Channel' Launching This Summer, Wants You To 'Turn Off Your TV,' 'Turn On The Truth' |newspaper=The Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/the-ron-paul-channel_n_3569249.html}}</ref>  In 2015, Paul ended all relationships with the Ron Paul Channel in order to start a new Internet program, which he co-hosts with Daniel McAdams, called ''The Ron Paul Liberty Report''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.campaignforliberty.org/ron-paul-ends-relationship-voices-liberty-start-new-venture |title=Ron Paul Ends Relationship with Voices of Liberty – Campaign for Liberty |work=Campaign for Liberty |access-date=April 3, 2016}}</ref> 

===2016 presidential election===
Paul endorsed his son, Senator [[Rand Paul]], in the 2016 [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016|Republican primary]] and campaigned for him in Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://reason.com/blog/2015/08/14/breaking-ron-paul-endorses-son-rand-as-b |title=Updated: Ron Paul Endorses Son Rand as "Best Hope" to Lead Country |author=Gillespie, Nick |access-date=March 10, 2017 |date=August 14, 2015 |work=Reason}}</ref> After his son dropped out, Paul said that no Republican or Democratic candidate even came close to holding libertarian views.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://redalertpolitics.com/2016/02/05/no-libertarian-ron-paul-slams-ted-cruz-says-sanders-pro-free-market/ |title="No libertarian": Ron Paul slams Ted Cruz, says Sanders is more pro-free market |first=Ryan |last=Girdusky |date=February 5, 2016 |work=Red Alert Politics}}</ref> Paul expressed disappointment in former New Mexico Governor [[Gary Johnson]]'s Libertarian Party nomination for president, and told independent voters that [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] nominee [[Jill Stein]] was a better candidate for those who "lean towards progressivism and liberalism", while emphasizing that he was not endorsing her.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hensch |first1=Mark |title=Ron Paul to independents: Vote Green Party |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/299044-ron-paul-to-independents-vote-green-party-nominee/ |newspaper=The Hill |access-date=August 15, 2017 |date=October 3, 2016}}</ref>

Paul received one electoral vote from a Texas [[faithless elector]], [[South Texas College]] political science professor William Greene (who had been pledged to [[Donald Trump]]),<ref name="Texas Tribune 1">{{cite web |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/09/rogue-texas-elector-explains-decision-back-ron-pau/ |title=Rogue Texas elector explains decision to back Ron Paul |author=Patrick Svitek |work=The Texas Tribune |date=January 9, 2017}}</ref> in the 2016 presidential election,<ref name="NYTimesElectoralCollege">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/19/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html |title=A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton |date=December 19, 2016 |work=The New York Times |author1=Schmidt, Kiersten  |author2=Andrews, Wilson |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="Texas Tribune 2">{{cite web |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/19/watch-texas-electoral-college-vote-begins-texas-ca/ |title=Texas electors cast 36 votes for Trump, 1 for Kasich, 1 for Ron Paul |author1=Patrick Svitek |author2=Bobby Blanchard |author3=Aliyya Swaby |work=The Texas Tribune |date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> making Paul the oldest person ever to receive an electoral vote, and the second Libertarian Party member to receive an electoral vote, after [[John Hospers]] in [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]].<ref>{{cite web |title=PASSINGS: JOHN HOSPERS |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-jun-14-la-me-passings-20110614-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 14, 2011 |access-date=26 November 2023}}</ref>

===2020 presidential election===
In the 2020 [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020|Democratic primary]], Paul described Hawaii Representative [[Tulsi Gabbard]] as "the most intelligent" and "the very, very best" option of the Democratic candidates, primarily for her views on foreign policy, adding, "We probably wouldn't agree with too much on economics."<ref name=WAexaminer>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ron-paul-calls-tulsi-gabbard-very-best-democratic-candidate |title=Ron Paul calls Tulsi Gabbard 'very best' Democratic candidate |date=May 6, 2019 |website=Washington Examiner}}</ref>

===2024 presidential election===
In April 2023, in an episode of ''The Ron Paul Liberty Report'' titled "President Kennedy?", Paul praised then-Democratic (later Independent) presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.]] for his stances on noninterventionism, the [[pharmaceutical industry]], and [[Cronyism|crony]] [[corporatism]], saying "[Kennedy's] baggage is telling the truth" and advocated for his participation in the major party presidential debates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4NJypTl6fE |title=President Kennedy? |website=[[YouTube]] |date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2024}}</ref>

A few days before the election, [[Elon Musk]] expressed interest in having Paul join the proposed [[Department of Government Efficiency]] during a [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|second Trump presidency]], which Musk has suggested could help cut the [[U.S. federal budget]] by up to US$2 trillion. Paul responded that he was happy to discuss the idea with Musk, although declined any "official position" within the new department.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elon Musk asks this ex-Congressman to join second Trump term |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/elon-musk-asks-this-ex-congressman-to-join-second-trump-term-to-reduce-101730541022990.html|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=November 2, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| date= November 5, 2024 | title = Ron Paul vows to join Elon Musk, help eliminate government waste in a Trump admin| url = https://thehill.com/video/ron-paul-vows-to-join-elon-musk-help-eliminate-government-waste-in-a-trump-admin/10191375| website = The Hill}}</ref>